The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Steven Moffat finally replaces Rusty" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/05/steven_moffat_finally_replaces_rusty.php Comments for the entry "Steven Moffat finally replaces Rusty" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:45 +00:00 Comment from Persephone [oh! Rob!] Just emailed this to the Resident Fan Boy at work. Very exciting! (I liked Jekyll. It scared the bejeesus out of me, but I liked it.) Does this mean we'll get Denis Lawson on DW?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23890 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:45 +00:00 Comment from stu-n I wasn't reading the tea leaves, I was reading the forum on the Chris Morris website! Although Moff convincing Rusty not to kill off Jenny Who was a big clue.

Good news, this. Now, what's DT doing?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23891 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:20:32 +00:00 Comment from Jane Henry Oh well you know I'm a fan (we Moffs have to stick together) SO woohoo from me... Why's Rusty stepping down?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23894 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:05:16 +00:00 Comment from annawaits [this is good] This is *very* good! If not a little predictable ;) Moffat's always done fantastic stand-alone episodes (or double-episodes) so far, but with him being so wonderful at weaving together complicated but hugely satisfying plots, it'll be fun to see what he does with the series-long story arcs especially.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23895 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:43:02 +00:00 Comment from Rullsenberg Fact: I came out of work at 6pm. Pretty much first thing boy says to me in the car was "Russell T Davies is leaving Doctor Who". Yes, sweetie, not terribly surprised there. I added "Smart money, and fan desire, is largely for Steven Moffat to take over as the new showrunner" before launching into a long summation of the Who team and Moffat's possible take-over in light of his current role (I was thinking of Stu_n's remark about bringing JennyWho back to life...)

Anyway, I get home and when it reaches that bit of the news... ta-da! I almost felt vindicated in my faux-geekiness.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23897 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:55:13 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Yes, it was probably the most expected, least surprising news of all time: it was just a question of when it was going to happen. I suspected when they started allowing someone other than Rusty a word in edgeways on Doctor Who: Confidential, that man being Steven Moffat – on a story he hadn't written, mind.

As for the tea leaves, what with all the astrology today, I thought it appropriate somehow.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23900 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:55:05 +00:00 Comment from Rosby I just wrote about this and winged my way over here to see what you thought. In short; hurrah! The Moff! I absolutely love him and think he'll be a fine successor.

(I'm still waiting for the vitirol to start within the fandom. You know the sort; "Oh, he'll be so much better than that bastard Russell." That kind of thing. I like Rusty. Am I the only one?)

Also...blog Gods? Really?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23901 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:08:16 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob An unbeliever. Watch it or you'll be excommunicated.

If you prefer, "people elevated to God-like status". They've been there for a while, it's just no one noticed them much...

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23902 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:18:43 +00:00 Comment from Electric Dragon Rumour generation powers, ACTIVATE! The aim of this game is to create a rumour of the form: [person who has been in a Moffat show] to play [the Doctor/a companion/a well known Dr Who character/a major villain]. The more absurd the better.

e.g.

Robert Bathurst to play the Doctor
Gina Bellman to play the Rani
Sarah Alexander to play Romana
Dexter Fletcher to play a Sea Devil

Points will be awarded for getting anything into a respected publication (or failing that, The Sun).

What do points make? PRIZES! And this week's prize is perfectly suited for the Doctor Who fan who likes cooking - it's a Kenwood Ood processor.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23907 Tue, 20 May 2008 23:11:01 +00:00 Comment from Marie What are the odds on Jack Davenport being the next Doctor now? Fairly high I reckon. Shame I find him so colossally annoying.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23912 Wed, 21 May 2008 08:59:24 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Reasonable, although if CBS finally gets round to airing Swingtown and it proves to be a success, not as great.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23913 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:19:40 +00:00 Comment from Stuart Oh, he'll be so much better than that bastard Russell :)

The majority of Rusty scripts have been utterly dreadful. whereas all that worries me (a tiny bit) now is that Moffat thinks the Doctor's daughter was a good idea when it clearly wasn't.

Still, I'd be terribly hypocritical if I didn't say thank God Davies is leaving...

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23914 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:48:58 +00:00 Comment from stu-n And the rumour mill is now churning around the series 5 writers. Apparently we can expect at least one episode from someone who wrote one of the best-received single epsiodes, but didn't enjoy the experience and hadn't written for the show since; and a very well-known comics writer turned best-selling novelist and screenwriter has been invited to contribute, but hasn't confirmed yet...

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23919 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:41:02 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with Rob Shearman?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23920 Wed, 21 May 2008 11:11:36 +00:00 Comment from stu-n Couldn't possibly comment and it wasn't me who told you, etc.

Said comics/novels/films writer commented about it on his blog yesterday, in a way which is being interpreted by some as an extraordinarily coy confirmation.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23921 Wed, 21 May 2008 11:47:49 +00:00 Comment from Poly Is it the same writer who a couple of days ago he was writing Tenth Doctor / Hamlet dialogue on his blog?

Very pleased with the news, I am a big fan of both RTD and Steven Moffat, and only the Moff can balance the disappointment of losing TD.
Now, if they say that DT stays for the first SM series, I would be very very happy.

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23922 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:25:49 +00:00 Comment from stu-n Poly,

Weeeell, er, might have been, I think you could say it might have been... well, I say it might have been, well, actually, oh! Is it that time already? Lunchtime, I'd say... lunch, anybody? Lunch?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23923 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:41:51 +00:00 Comment from Jane Henry Well I think I know who Poly's talking about, which I guessed from the clues Stu had given... And if that were true I for one would be ecstatic. I really wanted said unknown talented genius to write a fantasy novel for me years ago, but he was too busy doing wonderful graphic novels and I could never track him down. And the 10th Doc/Hamlet stuff was genius. But then he is....

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23924 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:22:09 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob It would be Narley (Gnarley?), wouldn't it, if it is who I think it so. I'm Not Going to guess explicitly, in case I'm disappointed. But I might Nod, Give a few hints here and there, in the hope that Stu N Grants our wishes (or Steven Moffat) and makes it all come true. Or is that a No Go?

]]> 4061@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23925 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:29:58 +00:00